"I'm warning you, let me go immediately! I have a strong backer! Before I entered the swamp, an elder lit a life-soul lamp for me. If you kill me, my elders can use the life-soul lamp to see who killed me and avenge me!"
The young man's attitude was quite tough at first, and he kept cursing, until he found that he could not escape from Lan Tiao's [confinement] no matter what means he tried, and threats were useless. He suddenly panicked. He had been lucky before, and had come to Ci Guang Swamp many times, but had never met any people from the Compassionate Tribe. He thought Lan Tiao was also a cultivator, until Lan Tiao suddenly turned around and revealed the green tear mark on his forehead.
Lan Tiao said coldly: "If you don't shut up, I will cut off your tongue."
The young man said, "You...you are from the sacrificial tribe!"
Then he was horrified, "Oh no! How did I run into a sacrificial tribe?"
He was terrified and pleaded with Lan Tiao, "Please let me go, I beg you, I don't want to die... I know a lot of people, if you're willing to let me go, I'm willing to give you a hundred slaves as sacrifices... If you still don't believe me, I can swear a great oath to my inner demon and never break my promise..."
Lan Tiao said: "I don't need any other sacrifices, just you are enough. Because you are very special."
The young man looked doubtful and asked, "What's so special about me?" Could it be that he has a genius physique that is rarely seen in a century?
Lan Tiao said casually: "You are particularly bad."
"What's wrong with me? I... I can find you a hundred people who are worse than me and will definitely satisfy your needs."
Lan Tiao thought he was noisy, so she blocked his mouth with a rag.
The young man had no choice but to follow Lan Tiao up the mountain.
“Mmmmm…”
The young man's eyes were filled with pleading.
Lan Tiao said, "When you killed your teammates, they begged you for mercy, but you remained indifferent."
The young man was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat. He thought to himself, "My teammates aren't good people either! Even if I don't kill them, they'll kill me. I don't think I'm particularly bad..."
Unfortunately, Lan Tiao didn't give him a chance to explain.
Lan Tiao made preparations before the ceremony according to the methods recorded in the "Divine Art of Stealing Life".
The ritual required for each advancement of this technique is different. The initial ritual is relatively simple, but the content of the ritual is... a little cruel.
The first step is to dig out the other person's eyeballs.
Lan Tiao gestured with the knife for a long time, then took the rag out of the young man's mouth and asked, "Can you dig out your eyes and cut your tongue yourself? I'm a little hesitant to do it."
The young man was devastated. "Brother! Please spare me, I can't do it!"
"Forget it, I'll do it..."
"Brother, I... Ugh!"
…
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The country of Darui.
Lan Zhi and Zhu Tong slept for a while, and the sun had risen from the horizon, casting warm light. Because she had been busy with things related to Prince Rui last night, Lan Zhi slept very deeply and did not get up until noon.
Not long after, Lan Zheyu and Lan Jinyu came to her with lunch.
"Azhi, I heard you came to see us last night."
"Well, there's something..." Lan Zhi yawned, looking a little half awake. She sat at the table, picked up her chopsticks, and said, "Prince Rui is dead."
The two brothers stretched out their chopsticks to the beef and put the beef slices into their sister's bowl tacitly.
Lan Zheyu said, "Azhi, don't put too much pressure on yourself."
Lan Jinyu said, "We'll buy you whatever you want to eat."
Lan Zhi was speechless. "I'm talking to you about serious matters."
Lan Zheyu sighed and said, "Azhi, the news that Prince Rui is dead is simply too unbelievable... I can't wrap my head around it right now, I need some time."
Although he was willing to believe his sister, but...how could a master of Chengyuan realm die quietly?
Who killed Prince Rui?
Lan Jinyu asked, "Azhi, have you seen Prince Rui's body?"
Lan Zhi said: "Not only did I see it, I also brought it back."
"What?" The two brothers looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock.
Lan Zhi asked: "Do you want to see the body now?"
"No, I don't want to. It will make me lose my appetite. Let's wait until after dinner." Lan Jinyu shook his head repeatedly, feeling like he was dreaming, so he reached out and pinched his second brother's thigh.
"What are you doing?" Lan Zheyu slapped his hand away unhappily.
Lan Jinyu ignored him and asked again, "How did Prince Rui die?"
Lan Zhi replied, "I poisoned him to death. I've gained a lot of experience in alchemy recently... Oh, by the way, next time I should make you some health-strengthening pills to help you improve your physical condition."
After a pause, Lan Zhi added, "In fact, I can only confirm that Prince Rui's body is indeed dead, but his soul is nowhere to be found, and his son Yuan Zhan is also missing. However, I have already informed Princess Yongle Jun Chenxi of Prince Rui's death. I believe that the royal family will definitely send people to search for Yuan Zhan."
"When did you... get to know the princess?" Lan Zheyu's expression was slightly surprised. He remembered that his sister had never met the Princess Chenxi before. "And, from your tone, it seems that you are very familiar with the princess?"
Lan Jinyu also found it incredible. In his impression, his sister liked to be alone, had no close friends, and had a very simple social circle.
Lan Zhi explained: "I owe her a favor."
Lan Jinyu said: "Hmm?"
Where does this favor come from?
At this moment, Zhu Tong, who had been concentrating on eating, raised her head and said, "I have something to tell you two... but you must promise to keep it a secret and not spread it around."
"What's the matter? Tell me." Lan Jinyu said.
"Tian Miao is Azhi. From now on, I will sleep with Azhi every day."
"What?" Lan Jinyu stood up from his chair instantly, his face full of disbelief. "Tian Miao is a man. He has a bigger frame than Azhi, is slightly taller, and has a different aura of spiritual energy..."
"What's so strange about this?" Zhu Tong glanced at him, thinking he was ignorant. "There are all kinds of disguise magic tools in this world. Ah Zhi used a magic tool to disguise herself."
Lan Jinyu asked, "Even you didn't recognize Tian Miao at the entrance to the secret realm before?"
Zhu Tong: “…” Damn it, who allowed you to bring this up!
Her emerald green pupils stared at Lan Jinyu quietly without saying a word.
Lan Zheyu tried to smooth things over, "Alright, let's all continue eating... No wonder Tian Miao was so nice to us back in the secret realm. It turns out it was Ah Zhi..."
Lan Jinyu said, "I thought... I thought Tian Miao was a man, but I didn't expect..."
Lan Zheyu murmured, "No wonder I always felt that Tian Miao was very kind. It turns out that Tian Miao is our sister..."
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